The American Gastroenterological Association has submitted comments to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission expressing AGA’s support of a proposed regulation issued by CPSC to ban the sale of ...

A 13-year-old boy was hospitalized after eating dozens of high-powered magnets, according to a recently published case report in the New Zealand Medical Journal. The boy lost part of his bowel as a ...

A federal appeals court voted two to one to overturn a ban on the sale of tiny, high-powered magnets in the United States, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News reports. Here’s what you should know. 1.

Despite more safety rules, kids around the world continue swallowing magnets, and the United States tops the list. Magnet swallowing has posed a danger to kids in the U.S. for over a decade.